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The long-held belief that Scottish politics is relatively immune to these forces now looks dangerously complacent, especially in the context of Reform UK’s strong polling ahead of the Holyrood elections. Charlie Ellis explains how the populist far right can exploit local grievances.
The complacency trapWhile researching the ...
Eradicating child poverty? Growing the economy? Tackling climate crisis? Ensuring quality public services? Reviewing the Scottish Budget and Spending Review 2026, John McLaren finds a weary government’s major ‘achievement’ has been to hide the cuts coming down the line – after the election.
The whole Budget debacle showe...
‘Rural voters supported Trump for his anti-elite rhetoric, expecting protection for their livelihoods. Instead, the administration’s actions have hollowed out local workforces without viable alternatives.’ In a week when all eyes were on Trump (as he intended), Sceptical Scot publishes this view from The Conversation where
Then they came for meAnd there was no one leftTo speak out for me
As an elder in the Church of Scotland, Tim Bell calls on churches of all denominations to ‘become part of the resistance’ against the rise of the far right.
Alarm bells are ringing all over western democracies.
Neo-fascism is gaining gro...
It’s hard to see how the Scottish Government can claim – as it does in its Budget document – to be running a “sustainable pay policy.” It’s also hard to square these pay deals with the allocation of just 0.7% growth in real terms for the Health portfolio…